Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....

"By the turn of the 1950s Rothko had arrived at the pictorial format which was to serve him for the rest of his career; horizontal lozenges of soft-edged color hovering in a large vertically oriented field. These clouds of color were seen by him as...

"In Louis's enormous 'veils' of the 1950s the physical operations of pouring paint or tilting a canvas so that the paint floods down it are powerfully implied." (Caption, p.28); "[Clement] Greenberg's conception of 'Modernism' as synonymous with...

"In the mid-1980s Richter produced abstract paintings as well as realist 'photo-paintings'. […] he appeared here to be recapitulating the ideological options underpinning postwar modernism in so far as his own transplantation from Eastern to...

"Judd's industrially manufactured, modular pieces, developed from 1966 onwards, were stubbornly empirical investigations of specific materials and visual effects. He shunned mystification and openly declared the nature of his structures. The...

Oral history interview with Robert Key, conducted October 25, 1977 by Robert Friedman. Mr. Key was a musician. He was born in Louisville but really launched his career in Chicago before touring as a singer. In this interview, he discusses his...

Oral history interview conducted with Louise Reynolds on June 13, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Louise Reynolds was the first African American woman elected alderman in the city of Louisville. Ms. Reynolds discusses her work with the Republican Party,...

Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...

The quilt piece represents the skirts with the many pockets that Christina and her daughters wore when they came to America. / Most of the sewing was done on a sewing machine. The effect of a full skirt was achieved by cutting the fabric on the...

The quilt block is the work of Nancy Carrigan of Warrenville, Illinois. / She is an artist specializing in sculptures of dance and in designs for the dance. / She is married and the mother of two children.

Accordion structure from back pastedown. 14 intaglio prints. Text letterpress printed with papyrus font on arches cover paper. Bound in cloth boards. / "The elements of my work represent everything that I see, hear, breathe, and taste. Just as each...

Title from publisher info. / Edition of 1. / "This Medieval type of book was designed to be worn on one's belt. ... The book's folded pages open up to be read while still wearing the book, so everything in it is upside down to all but the reader....

"For their palace walls the Assyrian kings commissioned extensive series of narrative reliefs exalting royal power and piety. The sculptures record not only battlefield victories but also the slaying of wild animals. […] The degree of documentary...

Color portrait of Frank Baker (John Franklin Baker) framed by two baseball bats. An elephant is in the top left corner. 'Athletics' is in the top right corner. Baker earned the nickname Home Run Baker in the 1911 World Series with the Philadelphia...